CAS

= = =**A Note on the Nature of CAS**= CAS is predicated on the concept of //Experiential Learning//, "the process whereby knowledge is created though the transformation of experience." CAS should have multiple components, including personal growth, arts, sports, community, service... It's not about //hours//, it's about //what you learn// from these activities. Student service activities should focus on responsibility, care, empathy, and hands on action. Mailing a check is not CAS.

=Reflection Questions= Consider your answers to the following questions:
 * 1) Describe one of your greatest accomplishments, and discuss how it changed your life and the lessons it has taught you.
 * 2) Describe something at which you excel or experience success.
 * 3) Identify one skill you have wanted to develop, but have not done so yet.
 * 4) Identify one activity that you have wanted to attempt but have not done so yet. Why does this appeal to you?
 * 5) Identify an individual you admire. Describe the qualities that make him or her admirable.
 * 6) Discuss: How your values have changed in the past year, the past 5 years, the past 10 years, and so on?

This, essentially, is CAS.

= = = = =One Example of a New-Style CAS Guide= This CAS guide is used by TASIS (The American School in Switzerland), an American-style International school which follows the IB Diploma Programme. They were kind enough to post their guide online, and it is a nice model of a new CAS guide. Download the TASIS CAS guide here: Welcome to CAS! = = = = = = =**CAS Process Flowchart**=

**Tim Ryan, The British School of Costa Rica, CAS Coordinator**
The following guide was created to show the process of creating, performing and reflecting on CAS activities. = =

Service Opportunity Resources

 * [|Global Routes - Summer teen community service programs]
 * [|Volunteer Opportunities - volunteer work, information, organizations] from College Board
 * [|Community Service Projects | High School Environmental Center | US EPA]
 * [|VISION 2020: The Right to Sight]
 * [|Shoes for Orphan Souls: Home]
 * [|LiNK - The North Korea Human Rights Crisis] sends out representatives a spreading awareness about the crisis in North Korea
 * [|beadforlife.org] Handmade bead jewelry, beaded jewelry, handcrafted beads, paper beads
 * [|Kiva - Loans that change lives]
 * [|VolunteerMatch - Where Volunteering Begins]
 * iCanHelpTwinCities.com Making the Twin Cities a better place to raise a family, through service
 * [|SETI@home] community-based search for extraterrestrial intelligence
 * [|Otec Volunteer] volunteer opportunities in Costa Rica
 * uvolunteer.org service programs in Africa (Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and South Africa), Asia (India, Nepal, Thailand), Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua), and South America (Argentina, Peru, Bolivia)
 * Cross Cultural Solutions International Volunteer Program for teens